U2, Mary J Blige and some candy-based sexual innuendo (9 - 15 April 2006)

This week on our look at the music that came out this week in 2006, we’re going literally from the sublime to ridiculous, in a chart that takes us from one of the most emotional songs ever written in U2’s One’s to one of the stupidest tracks ever, D4L’s Laffy Taffy.In between, we get Franz Ferdinand singing about Jesus, Morrissey discussing losing his virginity, Michael Jackson terrified by the idea of a woman’s sexuality and The Zutons’ ode to keeping women locked in your basement (do not try this at home, kids).In short, another typically weird look into the pop music of the 2000s.This week’s episode features the following tracks:Belle & Sebastian - The Blues Are Still BlueBeverley Knight - Piece of My HeartThe Black Eyed Peas - Pump ItThe Charlatans - Blackened Blue EyesChico - It’s Chico TimeCorinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records OnDepeche Mode - Suffer WellD4L - Laffy TaffyEditors - All SparksEmbrace - Nature’s LawFall Out Boy - Sugar We’re Going DownThe Feeling - SewnFranz Ferdinand - The Fallen/L WellsGirls Aloud - Whole Lotta HistoryGnarls Barkley - CrazyJames Blunt - WisemenJoey Negro - Make a Move on MeKanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco - Touch the SkyKelly Clarkson - Walk AwayThe Kooks - NaiveMadonna - SorryMary J. Blige and U2 - OneMeck feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart AgainMichael Jackson - Dirty DianaMish Mash - SpeechlessMorrissey - You Have Killed MeNelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp - GrillzNe-Yo - So SickNotorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy and Nelly - Nasty GirlOrson - No TomorrowPink - Stupid GirlsThe Pussycat Dolls feat. will.i.am - BeepRay J - One WishRoyal Ballet Sinfonia with Gavin Sutherland - The BBC Radio 4 UK ThemeSean Paul - TemperatureThe Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got the LoveThe Streets - When You Wasn’t FamousSugababes - Red DressVarious Artists - Tribute to JinkyThe Zutons - Why Won’t You Give Me Your Love This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit the2000schartshow.substack.com